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israel sounds the alarm over a syrian tank incursion into the golan heights in a buffer zone residents report exchanges of heavy fire in the area. meanwhile in syria rebel fighters face war crimes allegations after a video he apparently lynching of pro assad troops surface is online. and mitt romney and barack obama duke it out for that crucial swing state votes in the last leg of an election campaign critics say bears the hallmarks of reality t.v. . five am in moscow thanks for spending part of your saturday with us here on r t our top story israel's filed a complaint at the u.n. after three syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone between the two countries breaching a decades old cease fire more details from artie's paullus leader. what we're hearing from the israeli defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel she having said that though the idea of has been on the lookout for precisely this kind of development for several months now it has since the syrian
israel sounds the alarm over a syrian tank incursion into the golan heights in a buffer zone residents report exchanges of heavy fire in the area. meanwhile in syria rebel fighters face war crimes allegations after a video he apparently lynching of pro assad troops surface is online. and mitt romney and barack obama duke it out for that crucial swing state votes in the last leg of an election campaign critics say bears the hallmarks of reality t.v. . five am in moscow thanks for spending part...
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add to that the escalating tension between israel and hamas and the head spins, martha. >> you need a flow chart for this week. incredible that one week ago tonight we learned about david petraeus and that he resigned as c.i.a. director and today he is up on capitol hill testifying about benghazi. of course, this happened september 11 of this year, the attack in benghazi. a lot of different stories right away about why that happened, how that happened, but it was susan rice, u.n. ambassador, i think it was five days later on the sunday talk shows saying that she thought it came as a result of some protests and because of the egyptian in cairo, there were protests about this anti-muslim film. the republicans have pounced on that. you heard john mccain and lindsey graham saying there is no way they want her to be secretary of state, nominated to secretary of state. everybody knew that it was terrorism. >> everybody knew it was terrorism. well, today, one of the things that david petraeus said is that he knew right away it was terrorism. and in the talking points, they took that out beca
add to that the escalating tension between israel and hamas and the head spins, martha. >> you need a flow chart for this week. incredible that one week ago tonight we learned about david petraeus and that he resigned as c.i.a. director and today he is up on capitol hill testifying about benghazi. of course, this happened september 11 of this year, the attack in benghazi. a lot of different stories right away about why that happened, how that happened, but it was susan rice, u.n....
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that would help the process of delegitimizing israel in the eyes of the world, presenting israel as a criminal. that's an issue which is of great concern. >> the fact of the matter, that will only setback actual peace negotiations. martin fletcher in tel aviv. thank you. busy week for you. >>> up next, breaking with boehner. the first republican to endorse the president's version of a compromise on taxes to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. oklahoma congressman tom cole joins me next. first, a look ahead at the president's schedule. one big thing on the schedule today that everybody is fairly interested in. that's that lunch with mitt romney. we're told no cameras. we'll see. we of the white house press corps officially protesting. we'd like to force them to let there be some official fourth estate coverage of this historic event. we'll see if they grant it. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. a winter wonderland doesn't just happen. it takes some doing. some coordinating. and a trip to the one place with the new ideas that help us pull it all together. from the things
that would help the process of delegitimizing israel in the eyes of the world, presenting israel as a criminal. that's an issue which is of great concern. >> the fact of the matter, that will only setback actual peace negotiations. martin fletcher in tel aviv. thank you. busy week for you. >>> up next, breaking with boehner. the first republican to endorse the president's version of a compromise on taxes to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. oklahoma congressman tom cole joins me...
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israel and israel's government will do anything it takes to protect its citizens. and you know, you went after who is to blame here. i was director general, the permanent undersecretary of foreign service when we went out of gaza. we went out of gaza not to look back. we wanted them to make gaza prosperous and a place that what did they turn gaza into? they turned it into a haven of global terrorism, of missiles flying in and out of israeli cities, civilians, and an ammunition dump from weapons coming in from iran, syria, and they're continuing to do that. now no nation, no people and no government could sit idle when, you know, missiles are being shot indiscriminately against civilians. not in london, not in paris and not in washington. >> no rational person would disagree that the rocket firing has got to stop. it is a senseless activity that can only lead to more bloodshed. however, as i said to prime minister netanyahu when i sat down with him in jerusalem last year, this clear repression, oppression, whatever you want to call it on the gaza strip, these people
israel and israel's government will do anything it takes to protect its citizens. and you know, you went after who is to blame here. i was director general, the permanent undersecretary of foreign service when we went out of gaza. we went out of gaza not to look back. we wanted them to make gaza prosperous and a place that what did they turn gaza into? they turned it into a haven of global terrorism, of missiles flying in and out of israeli cities, civilians, and an ammunition dump from weapons...
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you're looking live at israel, close to the gaza border, where fears of a ground water between israel and hamas are growing. air strikes have already killed 19 palestinians and three israelis as rockets and shells rain down on both sides. it's an extraordinarily dangerous situation. we'll go live to the region in a few moments. >>> meanwhile, a storm is brewing on capitol hill over benghazi. in closed door sessions, lawmakers saw a disturbing video from the night of the deadly attack. sources tell cnn it shows ambassador christopher stevens being dragged out of the compound. republicans are still blasting the white house response to that attack. i'll talk to senator john mccain in a minute. >>> in new york city, president obama meets with storm survivors where more than 25,000 households are still without power. more than two weeks after super storm sandy hit. >>> we begin with the big story. the latest on the benghazi hearings. joining me is pentagon correspondent barbara starr and intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. welcome to you both. barbara, this is really fascinating me.
you're looking live at israel, close to the gaza border, where fears of a ground water between israel and hamas are growing. air strikes have already killed 19 palestinians and three israelis as rockets and shells rain down on both sides. it's an extraordinarily dangerous situation. we'll go live to the region in a few moments. >>> meanwhile, a storm is brewing on capitol hill over benghazi. in closed door sessions, lawmakers saw a disturbing video from the night of the deadly attack....
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israel is our main ally in the middle east. israel has a right to defend itself. all of us republicans and democrats that stand with the president in supporting israel and, quite frankly, i'm not the military expert, i was a spec 5 in the army but having said that israel should do whatever it has to to defend itself. the president will work diplomatic channels and i'm not in a position nor do i want to to second-guess what israel should do. israel has to determine what it wants to do to preserve its security. >> senator levin, president obama has been in touch with both sides. what do you think of the response by the egyptians? >> it's pretty weak so far from what i can tell. the egyptians have a real interest here in the region not exploding in the peace agreement continuing to be abided by by them, the agreement that they have with israel, but i think that they're going to have to take some very serious steps diplomatically to make it clear to hamas that they're going to lose support in the arab world if they continue these rocket attacks on israel. >> i want to
israel is our main ally in the middle east. israel has a right to defend itself. all of us republicans and democrats that stand with the president in supporting israel and, quite frankly, i'm not the military expert, i was a spec 5 in the army but having said that israel should do whatever it has to to defend itself. the president will work diplomatic channels and i'm not in a position nor do i want to to second-guess what israel should do. israel has to determine what it wants to do to...
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later, the latest from israel as rocket attacks continued on both sides of the gaza border. a complete update on the rising tensions. in a moneyline tonight, stocks ending the week on a positive note. posting the biggest gains today since election day on optimism that our leaders in washington will reach a deal to avoid a fiscal clef. the dow jones industrial rick breaking a four day losing streak. s&p up six and a half. nasdaq bros -- rose 16. the s&p down one and half percent. the naaq six week long streak, the longest in almost four and a half years. four and a half years. an economic news, hurricane sandy took a toll on industrial production. it fell fortunes of a percent. economists expecting a two tenths of a percent increase. the yield on a ten year treasury note moving down. crude-oil prices down selling at $86.67 per barrel. and in corporate news, though losing more than 7% in its sare price after reporting late yesterday, quarterly earnings fell by nearly 50%. good news forfacebook. that stock up more than 6%. the social network share is holding up despite the expi
later, the latest from israel as rocket attacks continued on both sides of the gaza border. a complete update on the rising tensions. in a moneyline tonight, stocks ending the week on a positive note. posting the biggest gains today since election day on optimism that our leaders in washington will reach a deal to avoid a fiscal clef. the dow jones industrial rick breaking a four day losing streak. s&p up six and a half. nasdaq bros -- rose 16. the s&p down one and half percent. the...
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that's israel's perspective. who winds up getting killed more? israel has more fire power. three israeli's killed, 19 palestinians. four years ago with the last incursion, 13 israelis were killed but 1400 palestinians were killed, hundreds were civilians. when netanyahu the incredibly right wing leader of israel, was he says it's all justifiable. >> in recent days and weeks hamas and the other terrorist organizations in gaza have made normal life impossible for the 1 million israelis. no government would tolerate a situation where nearly a fifth of its people live under a constant barrage of rockets and missile fire. this is why israel will continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people. >> cenk: of course, which side is the u.s. going to fall on? well here, the departments are supposed to be leftwing, although i don't see that often either but when it comes to israel there will be no balanced approach. the u.s. state department deputy spokesperson says there is no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorists organizations are employing
that's israel's perspective. who winds up getting killed more? israel has more fire power. three israeli's killed, 19 palestinians. four years ago with the last incursion, 13 israelis were killed but 1400 palestinians were killed, hundreds were civilians. when netanyahu the incredibly right wing leader of israel, was he says it's all justifiable. >> in recent days and weeks hamas and the other terrorist organizations in gaza have made normal life impossible for the 1 million israelis. no...
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israel's been trying to destroy their ability do so. but israel said they had destroyed most of the long-range hamas rockets in last 24 hours but they have been falling. another rocket did fall ten kilometers six or seven miles south of tel aviv, that fell an hour and a half ago, actually while we were driving by, we didn't see it. the capability has not been destroyed apparently. and that suggests that israel will continue with its attack. it will get stronger. and the ground invasion of gaza is possible. the prime minister netanyahu said, israel will do whatever it takes to stop the rockets. >> remind viewers the geography, the tight geography of the area between gaza and israel and we talk about long-range missiles but they don't need to be that long of a range. >> reporter: no, they've got to be 45 miles. 70 kilometers. the distance from one end of manhattan to midway through long island, that's the distance we're talking about. >> martin fletcher, reporting from tel aviv. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thanks, thomas. >>> i'l
israel's been trying to destroy their ability do so. but israel said they had destroyed most of the long-range hamas rockets in last 24 hours but they have been falling. another rocket did fall ten kilometers six or seven miles south of tel aviv, that fell an hour and a half ago, actually while we were driving by, we didn't see it. the capability has not been destroyed apparently. and that suggests that israel will continue with its attack. it will get stronger. and the ground invasion of gaza...
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is romney what israel wants at the moment do you think. i think that you can find a correlation between you know we are now. busy with elections campaign. that will have been less than one hundred days and you can see kind of correlation in the polls between the popularity of netanyahu and romney both of them neo-cons and the message that we get from the highest national and is that israel will be better off with romney and there is also a kind of correlation between the weakness of the israeli peace camp and the. the very. minor support if you like. in obama and one reason is that i think obama visited in two thousand and nine cairo and he never visited israel and now it is has been mentioned again and again is being. used by the right wing led by netanyahu voices mentioning the fact that romney came here just before the elections and obama seems to be more cold against israel though if you look at his record. obama was not a great friend of netanyahu but it is same time he was very generous to israel when it came to supply of weapons and
is romney what israel wants at the moment do you think. i think that you can find a correlation between you know we are now. busy with elections campaign. that will have been less than one hundred days and you can see kind of correlation in the polls between the popularity of netanyahu and romney both of them neo-cons and the message that we get from the highest national and is that israel will be better off with romney and there is also a kind of correlation between the weakness of the israeli...
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israel expanding the bombing campaign in gaza and hamas rockets raining down on southern israel. it's only getting worse. so is the u.s. doing enough to support its ally israel? you'll hear from batched john bolton and senator john mccain and a live report from southern israel. senator-elect ted cruz is here. he said he knows how to get the g.o.p. message out to hispanic voters. you'll hear his plan, but first, the crisis in the middle east. >> we've got the sirens going. we've got the sirens going. we'll keep going. this area was hit once before. we're going to keep moving. we're going to grab this. keep coming this way. >> they're crumbling all over the middle east. >> you have people determined to destroy israel. >> we want hamas to stop firing on us, and we want to create a situation where they cannot fire at us every other day and pair lies after the country. it's a terrorist group that wants the destruction of israel. no nation would put up with what hawaii 6 israel has up until now. they have to defend their people and their nation. >> this is where the rocket hit. you can
israel expanding the bombing campaign in gaza and hamas rockets raining down on southern israel. it's only getting worse. so is the u.s. doing enough to support its ally israel? you'll hear from batched john bolton and senator john mccain and a live report from southern israel. senator-elect ted cruz is here. he said he knows how to get the g.o.p. message out to hispanic voters. you'll hear his plan, but first, the crisis in the middle east. >> we've got the sirens going. we've got the...
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and the world reacts to obama's victory from a cold response in israel and the arab world too cautious optimism in the halls of the kremlin. and a shooting spree in moscow as a broken heart supposedly pushes a man to take up arms killing five of his colleagues. internationalising come and live from the new center here in moscow this is the. breaking news the burning anger of thousands of greeks has led to flames in central athens bombs and tear gas are filling the square around the parliament building where a vote on a new fresh set of cuts is about to take place police are trying to disperse hostile crowds and government is expected to pass a thirteen and a half billion euro package which will see wages full and taxes rise the so-called troika of international lenders is demanding the austerity as a precondition to a new tranche of financial aid the greek people are responding with a forty eight hour general strike which is now. culminating in the clashes and we'll be joining our correspondent who's in the thick of the action in a few minutes from now here on r.t. . barack obama vows
and the world reacts to obama's victory from a cold response in israel and the arab world too cautious optimism in the halls of the kremlin. and a shooting spree in moscow as a broken heart supposedly pushes a man to take up arms killing five of his colleagues. internationalising come and live from the new center here in moscow this is the. breaking news the burning anger of thousands of greeks has led to flames in central athens bombs and tear gas are filling the square around the parliament...
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and israel knows. and it goes that whether obama is elected or romney is elected its trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins returning to our top story the us presidential results in whisper rock obama has won the preliminary results all the following barack obama has three hundred three legs we'll call them both and mitt romney current things and few of those things will keep you updated on the latest figures as they come in and join us just over half an hour as i left for coverage on t.v. . and coming up off the break a breaking of the set with a remote and. if you're passing through rushes to very gently you really can walk on the wild side thous
and israel knows. and it goes that whether obama is elected or romney is elected its trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins returning to...
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in israel and the arab world too cautious optimism in the halls of the kremlin. to be voted through a second day of strikes has crippled the country. and the shooting. supposedly pushes of. international news incoming live from the new center in moscow this is what was predicted to be a close finish if not a toy turned into an electoral college landslide barack obama swept to victory in almost every battleground state to win a second term as president his republican challenger mitt romney has since conceded defeat saying he hoped could deliver that's not what cross live to marina. for more on the election aftermath simmering are far easier victory for obama the many would have predicted. that is true u.s. president barack obama did achieve an electoral sweep on tuesday but there was a much narrower margin when it comes to the popular vote believe it or not bill us ballots are still being counted as of wednesday morning it appears that a little over fifty percent of americans voted for obama and forty in the house per cent of the country voted for romney what this
in israel and the arab world too cautious optimism in the halls of the kremlin. to be voted through a second day of strikes has crippled the country. and the shooting. supposedly pushes of. international news incoming live from the new center in moscow this is what was predicted to be a close finish if not a toy turned into an electoral college landslide barack obama swept to victory in almost every battleground state to win a second term as president his republican challenger mitt romney has...
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capital even though washington does not recognize israel's annexation of its eastern lands romney has been bashing europe in his campaign back home but across the pond many have been thinking where they say he really has a clue what was happening in the old world and some are even openly concerned about his potential when there is a fear of victory will see or for the implementation of free market measures particularly tax cuts which can only encourage governments like david cameron from britain to emulate what happens in america under a republican presidency that has been a pattern of the last three decades so i think people in britain would be scared of a romney victory china is also among those closely watching the republican candidates ties between beijing and washington have already hit a low with the u.s. planning to relocate most of its naval force into the pacific but romney's even more combative stance is met with criticism in china namely his calls to step up weapons sales to taiwan and labeling china a currency manipulator all randomly has to do is declare war on china on a
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he immediately said we agree with israel's right to defend itself. israel's real enemy is iran. they were at the u.n. holding up his bomb chart. he was talking about iran. that is israel's overriding threat. they have been able to deal with them handedly. i have seen yesterday israeli warships able to take out a single hamas militant who was sitting in a chair by the water front. so one warship fired a rocket. you could barely ship on the horizon. israel has been telephoning the houses of neighbors of militants and telling them to get out. it has their phone numbers. so there's something suspicious. israel has too much intelligence. they have been able to deal with them too confidently. you have to wonder is there really a different objective. >> could it be better for israel to get rid of the missile sites in hamas before they attack iran? therefore, they can't be used for retaliation? >> reporter: that's an extra bonus. you get to defend your own cities. you figure out how well the iron dome system works, which is an untested system. you set back hamas's capabilities. you test
he immediately said we agree with israel's right to defend itself. israel's real enemy is iran. they were at the u.n. holding up his bomb chart. he was talking about iran. that is israel's overriding threat. they have been able to deal with them handedly. i have seen yesterday israeli warships able to take out a single hamas militant who was sitting in a chair by the water front. so one warship fired a rocket. you could barely ship on the horizon. israel has been telephoning the houses of...
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from the time i first visited israel in 1973, i believe israel is a nation of miracles. it a miracle israel was able to reestablish itself on the ground god gave it 4,000 years before, from which dispersed 2,000 years ago. home without odds not without pain and bloodshed reestablished as the home for the jewish people that barely survived the holocaust has been pursued and threatened ever since it stands because of the sacrifice of its people what only can be described as divine providence. when it has been tacked it has not only secured stunning military victories but has ended up with more land more closely resembles the biblical deed of trust. end highs -- enemies demand the land be given back. when israel attempt today to give land for peace it gave land but failed to obtain peace. when it gave up any claim to gaza and forcibly removed its own people from there, it was supposed to be for peace. it instead gave terrorist groups like hamas a beachhead to spread violence within a few hundred yards of where israeli children play, shopkeepers sell their merchandise and pe
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top story this hour israel has filed a complaint to the u.n. tonight after three syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone between the two states breaching a decades old cease fire agreement love to tel aviv a middle east correspondent is the latest hi paula now the syrian army hasn't been able to contain the civil war within its borders as we've witnessed of late is this latest encroached on just another spillover or something more pointedly directed at israel. well what we're hearing from the israeli defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel having said that though the idea of has been on the lookout for precisely this kind of development for several months now ever since the syrian infighting approached the israeli border the i.d.f. has filed a complaint with the united nations over the cease fire violation and at the same time it has raised its alert in the north of the country what it is now waiting for is for t
top story this hour israel has filed a complaint to the u.n. tonight after three syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone between the two states breaching a decades old cease fire agreement love to tel aviv a middle east correspondent is the latest hi paula now the syrian army hasn't been able to contain the civil war within its borders as we've witnessed of late is this latest encroached on just another spillover or something more pointedly directed at israel. well what we're hearing from...
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with countries like turkey and jordan that immediately border syria and have an impact and obviously israel which is having already grave concerns as we do about, for example, movements of chemical weapons that might occur in such a chaotic atmosphere. and they could have an impact not just within syria but on the reas a whole. i'm encouraged to see that the syrian opposition created an umbrella group that may have more cohesion than they had in the past. we're going to be talking to them, my envoys are going to be traveling to various meetings taking place with the international community and the opposition. we consider them a legitimate representative of the aspirations of the syrian people. we're not yet prepared to recognize them as some sort of government in exile. but we do think it is it's a broad-based representative group. one of the questions we're going to continue to express is making sure that that opposition is committed to a democratic syria, an inclusive syria, a moderate syria. we have seen extremist elements insinuate themselves into the opposition. and one of the things t
with countries like turkey and jordan that immediately border syria and have an impact and obviously israel which is having already grave concerns as we do about, for example, movements of chemical weapons that might occur in such a chaotic atmosphere. and they could have an impact not just within syria but on the reas a whole. i'm encouraged to see that the syrian opposition created an umbrella group that may have more cohesion than they had in the past. we're going to be talking to them, my...
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one is israel is a great ally, there's domestic political support for a strong relationship with israel. at the same time it's also supposed to be the kind of neutral arbiter, the mediator in the region that will bring this about. it seems we don't do a good job of playing those two rules. >> well those two roles have also been intentioned, they've grown more intentioned over time. you had eight years of an administration that really gave up on trying to play the arbiter role, at which point the figure leaf kind of came away. the administration did a great job actually tactically, playing both of those roles in a way that they hadn't done at all during the first term, sending the secretary of state out to be the arbiter while the president could give the defender of israel speeches like that that's a tactical solution that doesn't get anywhere near the long-term structural problem that it isn't the same middle east that it was five years ago. what do you do instead? how do you serve the long-term interests of israel, especially when maybe many americans don't see israel's long-term inte
one is israel is a great ally, there's domestic political support for a strong relationship with israel. at the same time it's also supposed to be the kind of neutral arbiter, the mediator in the region that will bring this about. it seems we don't do a good job of playing those two rules. >> well those two roles have also been intentioned, they've grown more intentioned over time. you had eight years of an administration that really gave up on trying to play the arbiter role, at which...
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israel. that's where i want to begin this morning. i've got nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell and "new york times" columnist tom friedman. who better to have to discuss this. tom, as the two sides get closer to the brink, based on your experience and reporting, where is this going? >> let's just go around the horn, david, quickly. i think hamas is trying to use this moment to both break out of the blockade and try to end targeted killing of its leaders from israel, and trying to take advantage of the new arab spring balance of power, the muslim brotherhood in egypt, to leverage that possibility. israel. israel has been watching for the last six to nine months hamas bringing in longer and longer range missiles from iran. i think they saw this as an opportunity of necessity to take those out, missiles that can now hit tel aviv and jerusalem. egypt. this is a real problem for egypt. you have a new government there that needs money from the united states. they don't want t
israel. that's where i want to begin this morning. i've got nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell and "new york times" columnist tom friedman. who better to have to discuss this. tom, as the two sides get closer to the brink, based on your experience and reporting, where is this going? >> let's just go around the horn, david, quickly. i think hamas is trying to use this moment to both break out of the blockade and try to end targeted killing of its leaders...
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hello i'm kevin now in this is our top story israel has filed a complaint to the u.n. after three syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone between the two states breaching a decades old cease fire agreement more details from middle east correspondent paula sleep. what we're hearing from the israeli defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel she having said that though the idea of has been on the lookout for precisely this kind of development for several months now ever since the syrian inciting approached the israeli border the i.d.f. has filed a complaint with the united nations over the ceasefire violation and at the same time it has raised its alert in the north of the concrete what it is now waiting for is for the united nations disengagement force to oversee the withdrawal of these tanks that into this demilitarized zone in the central golan heights at the same time we understand that the tanks were taking part in battles between a syrian
hello i'm kevin now in this is our top story israel has filed a complaint to the u.n. after three syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone between the two states breaching a decades old cease fire agreement more details from middle east correspondent paula sleep. what we're hearing from the israeli defense establishment is that they do believe that this syrian tank movement is linked to infighting in syria and is not an act of aggression against the state of israel she having said that though...
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israel has sealed off the main roads around gaza. will israel invade on the ground? >> i think the chances are going up. >> reporter: jeffrey white, a former analyst with the defense intelligence agency said an israeli ground invasion of gaza would be a brutal, bloody grind. >> there's a high density of population throughout the strip. highest in the major areas, rafa, gaza city, but there are a lot of civilians in other places as well, and the other part is hamas fights from inside the cities. >> cities of narrow streets, bazaars, apartment building. a punishing building to building slog in a place that is slightly twice the size of washington, d.c. we used a googp map with james spider marx. >> what kind of close combat are we talking about? >> this is called combat in restricted terrain. what we have in gaza city, there are about 500,000 people who live in this city. you can only imagine the type of combat that has to take place in this very restricted terrain. >> terrain where marx says israeli troops will be exposed to ambush, sniper fire, suicide bombings. if a
israel has sealed off the main roads around gaza. will israel invade on the ground? >> i think the chances are going up. >> reporter: jeffrey white, a former analyst with the defense intelligence agency said an israeli ground invasion of gaza would be a brutal, bloody grind. >> there's a high density of population throughout the strip. highest in the major areas, rafa, gaza city, but there are a lot of civilians in other places as well, and the other part is hamas fights from...
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and israel knows it and it knows it whether obama's elected or romney selected its trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoned the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins. russia's foreign minister says sophisticated american surface to air missiles are making their way into the hands of rebel militias in syria he will syracuse the western media of twisting the facts in its reporting of the civil war more now from marty's point to snip. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking in the jordanian capital of amman has warned against western power was supplying syrian opposition fighters with illegal weapons he says that russia has evidence as well as information that if i just stop being supplied with high tech a face of equipment more than fifty sting as a chemical in th
and israel knows it and it knows it whether obama's elected or romney selected its trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoned the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins. russia's foreign...
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and israel takes aim at its neighbors firing its first rounds at syria since nine hundred seventy three killing six palestinian civilians. and protects from gaza. you're watching artie's weekly news review welcome to the program well after a grueling campaign that cost almost a billion dollars barack obama secured a second term as the u.s. president he edged hard line of mitt romney setting a socially conscious domestic vision and diplomacy based focus on foreign affairs but obama's softer campaign talk soon transformed into tough action even before all the ballots have been counted what is going to explain. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly out of touch with middle class america we are on american family and we rise or fall together as one nation. waiting for him right after reelection is the so-called fiscal cliff a combination of automatic tax h
and israel takes aim at its neighbors firing its first rounds at syria since nine hundred seventy three killing six palestinian civilians. and protects from gaza. you're watching artie's weekly news review welcome to the program well after a grueling campaign that cost almost a billion dollars barack obama secured a second term as the u.s. president he edged hard line of mitt romney setting a socially conscious domestic vision and diplomacy based focus on foreign affairs but obama's softer...
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and israel takes aim at its neighbors this weekend firing its first rounds at syria since the start of the conflict itself the killing six palestinians in retaliation for attacks from gaza. are you watching the weekly roundup of top stories from our t. with me kevin zero in this morning and first republicans in the u.s. to licking their wounds after voters put. the democrat back in the nation's top job close race though that ultimately ended in a clear win over hard lot of mitt romney but obama's soft campaign talk on foreign policy soon transformed into tough shit even before all the ballots have been counted is out he's going to teach he can. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly out of touch with middle class america we are an american family and we rise or fall together as one nation. waiting for him right after reelection is the so-called fiscal
and israel takes aim at its neighbors this weekend firing its first rounds at syria since the start of the conflict itself the killing six palestinians in retaliation for attacks from gaza. are you watching the weekly roundup of top stories from our t. with me kevin zero in this morning and first republicans in the u.s. to licking their wounds after voters put. the democrat back in the nation's top job close race though that ultimately ended in a clear win over hard lot of mitt romney but...
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israel is not an aggressor and israel don't use force when it's not needed when we feel quiet we met it with quiet and that's in every case and believe me throughout the last years it was so many times when israel was expected to react to react intensively but we didn't do so because we really believe that the international community will do so and we did you know very surgical attacks on terrorists and even now with the very surgical it that some terrorist we don't want to use force more than we need and bats in every every case just let us live in peace we will not use force believe me because even though with those surgical attacks what we've heard the word described a lot over the last couple of days there were dozens of civilians in gaza killed including thirty seven children will anyone in your government or military be held accountable for those deaths do you think. definitely and we're really really sorry for these deaths but you should know that hamas terrorists hiding behind civilians they fire rockets from schools they hide their rockets in hospitals they use apartments of
israel is not an aggressor and israel don't use force when it's not needed when we feel quiet we met it with quiet and that's in every case and believe me throughout the last years it was so many times when israel was expected to react to react intensively but we didn't do so because we really believe that the international community will do so and we did you know very surgical attacks on terrorists and even now with the very surgical it that some terrorist we don't want to use force more than...